GRE Word List

EMETIC

an agent that induces vomiting

The meaning of the word emetic is an agent that induces vomiting.

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idlenot occupied or employed: such as
jocundmarked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness
stringenttight
terseusing few words : devoid of superfluity
terminologythe technical or special terms used in a business, art, science, or special subject
stoopto bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees
listlesscharacterized by lack of interest, energy, or spirit
sepulchera place of burial : tomb
bruisean injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion
interpolateto alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter